A vessel travelling in the Gulf of Aden has reported two explosions in the sea ahead of it, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has said.
Both the vessel and crew were reported as safe.
It was travelling 50 nautical miles southeast of Yemen’s city of Aden when it made the report.
The UKMTO said authorities are investigating the incident.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group has launched drone and missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait and Gulf of Aden since November.
Earlier this week, three crew members on board the Barbados-flagged True Confidence were killed in a Houthi missile strike.
They were the first deaths caused by the group’s attacks on merchant vessels.
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